Mission: Making Connections is a comprehensive college-readiness program for high school students that increases college enrollment and career development through Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) disciplines for low income, first generation, and underrepresented students in higher education.
Vision: We believe that everyone deserves equitable access to higher education and success.
Since 1998, Making Connections (MC) has provided life-changing, wrap-around academic and enrichment services to students and their families. Housed at the University of Washington Women’s Center, MC combines the nuts and bolts of college readiness preparation with four years of career exploration, academic tutoring, personal and professional mentorship, leadership development, ongoing professional enrichment, and a lifelong network of allies comprised of MC alumnae and supporters.
The students who join Making Connections do not follow a checklist; they carve out their unique paths in collaboration with personal champions who customize the program every year based on those students’ dreams, interests, abilities and goals.
- Teacher: Jennifer Stoneking